CSU vows revived player leadership

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Natalie Meisler
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March 24, 2010 @ 5:51 pm
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During the course of a football season, players or coaches will rarely admit “We don’t have any team leadership.”

In hindsight, leadership or a lack thereof is often pinpointed as one of those intangibles at least partly to blame for a disappointing season.

CSU coach Steve Fairchild didn’t want to come right out and say the Rams had little team leadership last season. He just noted there looks to be improved leadership going into this season.

Citing seniors Zac Pauga, Eric Peitz and Ricky Brewer, Fairchild said “There are not only players but they are the type of people than can take your football team and take your locker room and make sure the right type of thing is going on.”

I came away very impressed with my first (and certainly not to be the last) interview with UCLA transfer Raymond Carter. The running back was primarily an observer last fall as a redshirt transfer. But he wasn’t oblivious to the issues of a 3-9 season.

“I want to step up and be one of the more vocal guys on this team,” Carter said. “Leadership is what we lacked last year. This year is going to be different. I think everyone is buying in. No one wants a repeat of what happened last year.”

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